Edit: As someone who plays sports games and a lot of online shooters, this is a really bad precedent to make. Not everyone has the money to go out and buy a brand new game every time they want to play something. Gamestop obviously makes a killing on their used games, and obviously sell a lot of them. Therefore I wouldnt be surprised if a very very high majority of gamers buy most games used (not to mention all of the games being sold on ebay and amazon). I dont think companies should want to fuck with that many people. This is basically the exact opposite of what companies have been doing to incentivize buying their games new. Instead of trying to reward me for buying their game new they are punishing me for not buying their game new. Why not give me a better reason to buy your game day one, like...make a good game for instance.
All this being said I have decided this isnt as big a deal as it first seems. At first I was furious, but now I calmed down a little :P (although, still, fuck EA) I usually buy the really good games (ME2, MW2, Gears, Halo, Uncharted 2, etc) day one because I really wanna play them as soon as they come out, and I bet a lot of others do to. So it wont be a big deal for those games. Where I see this getting dangerous is if other lesser quality or ever lesser known games start using this method. Think about a new IP like Borderlands. That game was really good and some would say the co-op was key to the experience. Now what if they did the same thing EA is doing because it had somehow become the standard. I think less people would have played that game because of having to buy it new OR not getting the online features when buying it used. Borderlands may not be the perfect example, but you get the point.
In the end I dont think this will really make EA as much money as they think, and I see it possibly become a really bad thing down the road, but we will see.
The only thing i can think of that would make you think of that is if you didnt actually play the beta. Stick the ODST disc in and play the beta. Then put the multiplayer disc in and play it. If you still think they are exactly the same your either blind, or partial retarded.
If you dont like the beta thats one thing, I could care less if you like it or not, but its a different story when you give an "opinion" about something you know nothing about. The graphics are better, the gameplay is obviously different, the engine is different, the guns are different, the story will be new, etc. Saying that it could have been a patch is laughably stupid.
Being 19 and saving for college I take advantage of my games still having worth after I'm done playing them. I currently have like 20 NES games along with about 20 N64 games and 10 Gameboy/Advanced games, but those are all games that arent worth much. As for the current generation (I have gamefly), I own 0 PS3 games, and only ME2, MW2, SSFIV, ODST, DJ Hero, and borrowing Lost Odyssey from my cousin. Last summer I would go to Gamestop, buy a used game, beat it in under a week, take it back for full price, and start the process over again with the same $40-$60. I played something like 10-12 games doing that. So yeah, right now it would be pretty irresponsible for me to buy games for no reason and waste money on games I will only beat once. Although, I will say that once I graduate and get an actual job, I will probably do the same thing.
From what I can tell, this is basically a summary of what Astras is thinking: I dont like the Endurance Run. So I'm going to make a thread stating that the Endurance Run sucks. In this thread I'm not going to give any logical explanations of why I think this, and if I do try to explain it (which will not be frequent), I wont try very hard to think about whether my statements actually make sense. Instead I'm just going to make my posts more and more annoying so more and more people disagree or even get a little mad. (Also, in the processes I will also try to convey my hatred of Japanese games, and anything else I remember I dont like.) Then, when those people try to tell me why my ignorant thoughts might be wrong, I will try to tell them that they are childish or immature for bashing me for my opinions, even if what they are actually trying to do is tell me that the reasons behind my opinion are shaky at best. I will also refuse to listen to anyone with a different opinion then mine because there is no way they can be right about anything. I mean really, whats the point of listening to others when you know your right...right?
I am fairly confident that this summary is as accurate as one can be.
this space is reserved for a witty comment by Astras, or or another pointless comment
Lets see if anyone can top this: The night I bought my first 360 my sister was playing it while it was thunder storming outside, lightning then proceeded to cause my power to go out and in the process red ringing my 360. Not a big deal because I just took it back the next day and got a new one but still, c'mon. It died again like 6 months later and I sent it to microsoft. Now I've had the one they sent me back for about a year and a half. (knocks on wood)
This thread wasnt called "Which game genres do you hate" and it also wasnt called "What games do you hate because you want to be cool and hate the things that a lot of other people like", so I'm not sure why everyone is treating it like that?
" I like the Madlibs potential of this thread. "I think (game name) is the most overrated because it is too (adjective) and I think that everybody else who enjoys it is (another adjective)." "
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